Former director general of Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) Lt Col Abdul Latif Khan (Retd.) passed away on Wednesday at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka. He was 79.

Bangladesh women’s football team’s member Ritu Porna Chakma hurt her head in a collision with an overhead banner during the team’s open-top bus parade as the team returned to a hero’s welcome on Wednesday.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is hospitalised.